Paris Buttfield-Addison (Hacker News, John Gruber): My Apple ID, which I have held for around 25 years (it was originally a username, before they had to be email addresses; it’s from the iTools era), has been permanently disabled. This isn’t just an…
Lees meerApple (xip, downloads): Xcode 26.2 includes Swift 6.2.3 and SDKs for iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, macOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2. Xcode 26.2 supports on-device debugging in iOS 15 and later, tvOS 15 and later, watchOS 8 and later, and visionOS. …
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Tahoe 26.2 includes Edge Light, a feature that illuminates your face with soft light when you’re on a video call in a room with poor lighting. The update also …
Lees meermacOS 15.7.3 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. macOS 14.8.3 (security, full installer): This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users. See als…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, developer): watchOS 26.2 changes the labeling for Sleep Score point ranges to better match how people might be feeling after a night of rest. The update adjusts the ranges for Very Low, Low, OK, High, and Very H…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iPadOS 26.2 continues with the multitasking improvements that were added with iPadOS 26.1. You can now drag and drop apps from the Dock, Spotlight Search, or the App Library to different …
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, enterprise, developer): iOS 26.2 adds an option to activate an alarm when a reminder is due, an option to change the opacity of the time on the Lock Screen, updated AirDrop functionality, and new features for th…
Lees meerJuli Clover (no release notes): According to Apple’s release notes, HomePod Software 26.2 includes performance and stability improvements. Needless to say, it still won’t play a lot of the music I’ve purchase from Apple. Previously: audioOS 26.1
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, developer): The tvOS 26.2 update changes the way that profiles work on the Apple TV , adding an option to create a profile without an Apple Account. With no need for an Apple Account, profiles can be created for…
Lees meerJuli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, developer): visionOS 26.2 expands the Travel Mode feature to cars and busses, plus it adds new features for spatial accessories like the Logitech Muse. Previously: visionOS 26.1
Lees meerAdam Engst: Put simply, an interface shouldn’t make it too easy to perform a destructive action or create more work for you, and inadvertent calls can easily create more work. You may prefer a different behavior than I do, but I hope we can all agre…
Lees meerCaitlin Huston (The Verge, Variety): In the letter, sent Wednesday, Disney says there has been copyright infringement on a “massive scale,” given its claims that Google has been using AI models and services to “commercially exploit and distribute co…
Lees meerApple: Apple today announced 45 finalists for this year’s App Store Awards, recognizing the best apps and games across 12 different categories for creating exceptional experiences that inspire users to accomplish more, reimagine their daily workflow…
Lees meerTim Hardwick (Hacker News): The Tech Transparency Project, a non-profit advocacy group, flagged 52 apps in the App Store that had links to entities found on the Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs), a designation that …
Lees meerJim Nielsen (Hacker News): I’ve never liked the philosophy of “put an icon in every menu item by default”. […] This posture lends itself to a practice where designers have an attitude of “I need an icon to fill up this space” instead of an attitude …
Lees meerWade Tregaskis: Given how buggy Apple’s screen saver framework is, I suggest not relying on animateOneFrame if you can at all avoid it. Even if that means setting up your own timer. That way when they likely break that too in some future macOS relea…
Lees meerRebecca Bellan: The New York Times filed suit Friday against AI search startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, its second lawsuit against an AI company. The Times joins several media outlets suing Perplexity, including the Chicago Tribune, wh…
Lees meerPebble (Hacker News): Introducing Pebble Index 01 - a small ring with a button and microphone. Hold the button, whisper your thought, and it’s sent to your phone. It’s added to your notes, set as a reminder, or saved for later review.Index 01 is des…
Lees meerMatt Massicotte (Mastodon): We’re in a protracted period where not only are settings very important, they are also deeply and persistently misunderstood.The settings you use can have a profound effect on your code.But there are a lot of them! And I …
Lees meerMike Rockwell: I’ve been a happy Linode customer for years, but they experienced an outage Sunday morning that took my Cloudron server offline, impacting my Mastodon and Pixelfed instances. As of this writing they’re still offline and I’ve received …
Lees meerNikita Prokopov: Top (Windows 95): great contrast, obvious shapes. Instantly readable.Middle (Windows 11): shapes are still self-explanatory, but contrast is gone.Bottom (Windows 11 Insiders): what am I even looking at? The only shape I can understa…
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